EP4545425A2 - Vorrichtung zum befüllen eines behälters mit einem produkt - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum befüllen eines behälters mit einem produkt Download PDF

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EP4545425A2
EP4545425A2 EP24208145.3A EP24208145A EP4545425A2 EP 4545425 A2 EP4545425 A2 EP 4545425A2 EP 24208145 A EP24208145 A EP 24208145A EP 4545425 A2 EP4545425 A2 EP 4545425A2
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Leonardo SOLDATI
Luigi SOLDATI
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Inox Food Technology Srl
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/045—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles for filling flexible containers having a filling and dispensing spout, e.g. containers of the "bag-in-box"-type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/16—Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging
    • B65B2220/18—Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging the primary packaging being bags the subsequent secondary packaging being rigid containers, e.g. cardboard box
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/02—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas

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  • the present invention relates to an equipment for filling a container with a respective product.
  • said container being of the type having a container body made of a flexible material, i.e., defined by a corresponding film, especially in a corresponding layered material, which preferentially can be placed in a corresponding secondary or outer packaging, preferably rigid or load-bearing, i.e., inside a collecting secondary packaging, such as a box or other, or the container body being in a rigid or self-supporting material, for example, plastic or metal.
  • Equipment for filling a container with a product, in particular in the form of a pulp, of tomato, which comprise support means for means to fill the same container, operating in a respective zone to fill the respective container and to deliver the same container to a secondary rigid packaging is known.
  • the present invention aims to propose a new and alternative solution to the solutions known so far, and in aims to propose to obviate one or more of the drawbacks or problems referred to above and/or to meet one or more needs referred to above, and/or anyhow felt in the art, and particularly as can be inferred from the foregoing.
  • an equipment for filling a container with a respective product is provided, said product in particular being in the form of a liquid, semi-liquid, or pasty product, especially the product being in the form of a food product, in particular a plant-based food product, such as a tomato-based product, i.e., a pulp, a strained tomato puree, a concentrate of tomato or other product derived from tomato, or in the form of a fruit or vegetable juice, i.e., in the form of a product from the dairy industry, for example, milk, yoghurt, or other;
  • the equipment comprises support means for means to fill the same container, and the equipment, i.e., said means for supporting the equipment, having a respective zone to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging; the equipment being characterized in that said means to fill said container define means for extracting the respective container.
  • a preferred implementation 10 of equipment for filling a container with a respective product is illustrated in the attached Figures.
  • the container has a container body made of a flexible material, i.e., defined by a corresponding film, especially in a corresponding layered material, which preferentially can be placed in a corresponding secondary or outer packaging, preferably rigid or load-bearing, 11, i.e., inside a collecting secondary packaging, such as a box or other.
  • a corresponding secondary or outer packaging preferably rigid or load-bearing, 11, i.e., inside a collecting secondary packaging, such as a box or other.
  • said container body could also be in a rigid or self-supporting material, for example, plastic or metal.
  • the container has a respective filling opening, preferably defined by a mouth, in particular generally cylindrical in shape, particularly protruding from the body of the container, especially in a plastic material, and having a closure cap, which can be opened and closed, for example, through a corresponding axial pull or push.
  • a mouth in particular generally cylindrical in shape, particularly protruding from the body of the container, especially in a plastic material, and having a closure cap, which can be opened and closed, for example, through a corresponding axial pull or push.
  • the product is in the form of a liquid, semi-liquid, or pasty product, with or without solid particles embedded within it, and is especially of the type that can be pumped through corresponding conveying means upon the impulse of corresponding pumping means.
  • the product preferably is in the form of a food product, in particular a plant-based food product, such as a tomato-based product, i.e., a pulp, a strained tomato puree, a concentrate of tomato or other product derived from tomato, or in the form of a fruit or vegetable juice, i.e., in the form of a product from the dairy industry, for example, milk, yoghurt, or other.
  • a tomato-based product i.e., a pulp, a strained tomato puree, a concentrate of tomato or other product derived from tomato
  • a fruit or vegetable juice i.e., in the form of a product from the dairy industry, for example, milk, yoghurt, or other.
  • the equipment 10 comprises support means 12 for means 14 to fill the same container.
  • the equipment i.e., said means 12 for supporting the equipment, has, or have, a respective zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging.
  • said means 14 to fill said container define means for extracting the respective container.
  • said means 14 to fill said container are adapted to extract said container in any position of said support means 12 of the equipment and/or of a respective zone 121 for feeding the respective container.
  • said filling and extraction means 14 are adapted to move said container to said zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging 11, according to a path comprising at least one horizontal displacement component and/or at least one vertical displacement component.
  • said filling means 14 are adapted to fill said container during the transfer of the same container to said zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging, especially with said container that is being filled, i.e., that is in the filled condition.
  • said filling means 14 are adapted to fill said container during the transfer of the same container from said zone 121 for feeding the respective container to said zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging, especially with said container that is being filled, i.e., that is in the filled condition.
  • said filling and extraction means 14 are adapted to fill the same container during a respective path that has at least one horizontal displacement component.
  • said means 14 to fill the same container comprise means 142 for dispensing the product to said container.
  • said means 14 to fill the same container comprise means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container.
  • said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container are carried by a respective supporting head 143.
  • said head 143 defining said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container, is in the form of a hermetic containment closed body for said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or for said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container.
  • said hermetic containment closed body 143' for said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container has a mouth for dispensing the product to said container and, as will nevertheless be more clearly evident from the following description, for a coupling with the opening or mouth of the same container.
  • said hermetic containment closed body 143' for said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container has sterilization means, in particular in the form of a high-temperature gas, i.e., of a corresponding water vapor, or gas or vapor having corresponding sterilizing chemical agents, and which is respectively emitted within the same closed body, which is emitted within the same closed body 143, in particular in modo tale da consentire cos ⁇ l'esecuée di un riempimento del said container in condiée sterili.
  • sterilization means in particular in the form of a high-temperature gas, i.e., of a corresponding water vapor, or gas or vapor having corresponding sterilizing chemical agents
  • said means 14 to fill the same container comprise means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container.
  • said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container are carried by said head 143 defining said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container.
  • said means 14 to fill the same container comprise means 16 for handling said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or of said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container, and/or of said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container, i.e., of said head 143 defining said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container and/or said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container.
  • said handling means 16 are in the form of corresponding robot means 16.
  • said robot means 16 are in the form of a single robot 16, in particular in the form of an anthropomorphic robot, for example, of the type having four or six rotational axes.
  • said robot means i.e., the single robot 16, have, or has, a respective base 161, from which an articulated arm 162 extends, which ends in a free end, or wrist, 163, adapted to carry said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container, and/or said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container, i.e., said head 143 defining said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container and/or said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container.
  • the equipment comprises means 18 for determining the position of the opening or mouth to fill the same container.
  • said means 18 for determining the position of the opening or mouth to fill the same container comprise means 181 for detecting the position of the opening or mouth to fill the same container.
  • said means 181 for detecting the position of the opening or mouth to fill the same container comprise corresponding video camera means 181, in particular including a single video camera 181.
  • said means 18 for determining the position of the opening or mouth to fill the same container comprise corresponding control means, in particular electronic processor means, especially defined by the control means of the equipment, which control means receive corresponding signals, i.e., one or more images of the container, from said means 181 for detecting the position of the mouth to fill the same container and determine the position of said opening or mouth to fill the same container.
  • the equipment 10 comprises means 182 which drive said means 16 for handling said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or of said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container and/or of said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container, i.e., of said head 143 defining said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container and/or said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container.
  • said means 182 which drive said handling means 16, following the determination of the position of the opening or mouth to fill the respective container, in particular by said means 18 for determining the position of the opening or mouth to fill the same container, drive the same handling means 16 to bring said means 144 for engaging the opening and/or the mouth to fill said container, i.e., the head 143 that supports them, at the same position of the opening or mouth to fill the container.
  • said means 182 which drive said handling means 16 are defined by corresponding control means, in particular electronic processor means, especially defined by the control means of the equipment 10.
  • said support means 12 have a support zone 122 for said means 14 to fill the same container, i.e., for said means 16 for handling said means 141 for opening, and in particular for closing, said container and/or said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container, i.e., of said supporting unit 143, which is located posteriorly to said zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging.
  • said zone 121 for feeding the respective container is arranged next to said zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or to deliver the same container, in particular to a corresponding secondary or outer packaging.
  • said support means 12 have a support zone 123 for said means 181 for detecting the position of the mouth to fill the same container.
  • said support zone 123 for said means 181 for detecting the position of the mouth to fill the same container is arranged posteriorly to said zone 121 for feeding the respective container.
  • said support zone 123 for said means 181 for detecting the position of the mouth to fill the same container is arranged next to said zone 120 to fill the respective container and/or next to said support zone 122 for said means 14 to fill the same container.
  • the equipment 10 comprises means 149 for feeding the product to said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container, i.e., to said head 143 defining said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container.
  • said means 149 for feeding the product to said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container i.e., to said head 143 defining said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container are in the form of a conduit, or tubing, in particular of the flexible type, for the connection with a respective source of said product and extending along the arm of said robot means, up to said means 142 for dispensing the product to said container, or to said head 143 defining said means 142 for dispensing the product to the container.

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